Earned diamonds

The diamonds you have received without using one of the payment methods listed in Get Diamonds tab of the Premium menu. Earned diamonds can be used for all paid in-game extras and functionalities. They cannot be donated in the alliance treasury and cannot be transferred between realms within your global account.

Economic research

Economy statistics

Efficiency

Measures if an annexed provinces or a colonyproduces to its full capacity. Every following annexed province is 10% less efficient compared to the previous one. This means it produces 10% less resources. In order to exploit all provinces to their full capacities, it is necessary to researchBureaucracy. Each Bureaucracy level increases the production efficiency by 5% without getting it above 100%. On the other hand, the first basic colony has a 90% efficiency and every colony after that is 10% less efficient. To this percentage is added half of the penalty for distance. The research Colonial bureaucracy boosts the efficiency with 5% per level (not exceeding 100%). The possible distance between your empire and the colony is limited by the researched levels of Colonial logistics.

Elections

Choosing a leader via nomination and 24 hour voting period with members’ own net worth points. Each ally can nominate himself up to 4 times.

- Vulnerable to Swordsmen: Against this unit the Attack of all Swordsmen is increased- Vulnerable to Cavalry: Against this unit the Attack of all Cavalry is increased- Hand-to-Hand Disadvantage: Attack x 0.33 vs. Swordsmen- Anti-personnel: Attack x 0.25 vs. Siege Engines- Weak Morale: Attack x 0.33, when engaged by a Melee unit- Quiver: 18 shots; when ammo is depleted, this unit maintains its position until engaged in melee

Emperor's skills

Empire

2. Short denomination of the holdings of the main Empire - conquered terrains within and around the exclusive zone of the player.

Empire relocation

The option is available in the Empire tab in the Settings window. In order for you to use it, the following requirements should be met:

• There should be no other holdings except the capital;• No active missions of any kind;• Your Empire should not be under attack;• The new location is completely random, it cannot be chosen by the player;• Another relocation of the Empire is possible not earlier than one week after the last one.

Era

The period between the start of a realm and its end. The period during which all individual Empires and alliance holdings develop in an economic and military way and expand on the Global map. Era ends on a date fixed by Imperia Online administration.

2. A technology which develops sovereign's and his subjects' intelligence abilities. Increases the chance for a successful reception of a espionage report, as well as the chance for your army's composition in attack to remain unknown for the defender.

Espionage Report

Generated through Spy Infiltration in an enemy Holding, the Espionage Report consists of a detailed breakdown of the Holding's defenses. Information provided includes:- Army numbers and composition- Local Population numbers- Fortress level- Level of any of the following buildings: Moat, Curtain Wall, Towers, Rampart, Military Camp, and Field Fortifications- Available resources in the Holding- level of the Holding Warden and their skills- Rewards (Barbarian Camps only)

The espionage/counter-espionage works with a formula which gives equal chances for successful espionage when the technologies' levels and number of spies are equal (in attacker and defender).

Evasion

An option to send your army away for a desired period of time without a specific target in order to avoid its destruction by enemy's raids. The maximum duration of an evasion is 12 hours.

Evolution

It is placed in Throne Hall menu. You can follow your account's evolution there: see various stats divided by days. The information is based on your actions performed only during the current era of the realm.

Exclusive zone

A space of 36 points on the Global map reserved only to its owner. In the center of the exclusive zone lays the capital of the Empire. It is surrounded by 4 free terrains, which can be annexed peacefully and 4 independent cities which in their turn can be looted, annexed or turned into vassals. The exclusive zone's borders are visible to other players. However, independent cities cannot be seen from other users, only annexed provinces and vassals are shown.

Exile

An option which allows you to remove a noble in case you're not contented with them, you may send them to exile. The Emperor/Empress cannot be sent into exile. Sending a noble to exile deprives you of taking advantage of their skills' bonuses. Nobleswho are candidates for marriage or with pending invitations to the Imperial Court, as well as nobles below 16 years, could not be sent to exile.

Expiring diamonds

Diamonds you receive as a reward at the beginning of new era in a realm (on condition that you scored minimum 200 points in the previous era of the realm) and as a reward in the Wheel of fortune, Quests and Tournaments in the game. You may also purchase expiring diamonds within a limited in-game promotion. Expiring diamonds may be used within a limited period of time from the moment of their receipt. There are limitations of their use:- You cannot buy premium or great people from the Noble Room. You may only buy expiring items in case you have expiring diamonds. You can't pay ransom for captured general using expiring diamonds. You can't use expiring diamonds to develop The Aqueduct and Warmaster's Altar wonders.- Expiring diamonds can not be donated or transferred to another realm.- Special resource Diamonds does not grant bonus to the amount of Expiring diamonds purchased with a special offer.- Expiring diamonds cannot be transferred in the new era.